Bloomsbury Publishing
Shakespeare / Play : Contemporary Readings in Playing, Playmaking and Performance
Product Code:
9781350304437
ISBN13:
9781350304437
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New
$203.40
Shakespeare / Play asks: what is (a) play? How do Shakespeare's plays engage with, and represent, early modern modes of play - from jests, games, and toys, to music, spectacle, movement, animal-baiting and dance? How do contemporary 'replays' in performance engage with other modes of play? And how does the structure of the plays experienced in the early modern playhouse shape our understanding of the form of a Shakespeare play today? Ranging across Shakespeare's dramatic oeuvre, prose works from the period and contemporary theatre and film, it provides a fascinating study of 'play' with approaches from a host of disciplines--
| Author: Emma Whipday, Lucy Munro, Sonia Massai |
| Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication Date: Aug 08, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 441 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1350304433 |
| ISBN-13: 9781350304437 |
Shakespeare / Play : Contemporary Readings in Playing, Playmaking and Performance
$203.40
Shakespeare / Play asks: what is (a) play? How do Shakespeare's plays engage with, and represent, early modern modes of play - from jests, games, and toys, to music, spectacle, movement, animal-baiting and dance? How do contemporary 'replays' in performance engage with other modes of play? And how does the structure of the plays experienced in the early modern playhouse shape our understanding of the form of a Shakespeare play today? Ranging across Shakespeare's dramatic oeuvre, prose works from the period and contemporary theatre and film, it provides a fascinating study of 'play' with approaches from a host of disciplines--
| Author: Emma Whipday, Lucy Munro, Sonia Massai |
| Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication Date: Aug 08, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 441 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1350304433 |
| ISBN-13: 9781350304437 |
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